AU; sequel to strangestquiet's Turn Away. Souji has fallen in battle, and the rest of the team moves on without him, with Yosuke taking up the job of leader. They manage to catch the killer and continue on with their lives as best they can, but as time moves on, they begin to question if everything is truly resolved...

At the time, buying a house had seemed like a fine idea -- after all, the mortgage on the small, centrally located building was only slightly more expensive than they'd been paying for their apartment during college, and for nearly four times the room; there were, Yosuke had observed, some real benefits to living in the sticks.

Several months after Souji and Yosuke begin a long-distance relationship, Souji finally comes back to Inaba for a visit - which would be wonderful if it weren't also so weird. Making the transition from best friends to boyfriends was hard enough, let alone moving from long-distance to two feet away!

Souji is killed in battle and has to be left behind, since dragging a dead body through a department store smack in the middle of a multiple-murder investigation is probably not the best of ideas. While the rest of the team waits for the fog to bring his body back, a mourning Yosuke has to decide whether he can - or wants to - take Souji's place. Established Souji/Yosuke relationship, for maximum angst.

Souji never really thought about clothing. Persona 4 Kink Meme prompt: Yosuke's wardrobe is sexy as hell, and either he (since surely he must have to put a lot of conscious thought into dressing so snappily) or Souji (because the "why is this making me so hot and bothered it's just fucking clothes there is something terribly wrong with my mind" angle would be easier to pull with him?) gets off to that fact.